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do you see pakistan's relations developing with the united states in the next year now that barack obama is known that is staying in the president's speech i don't think it would make a dramatic difference to the relationship if barbara obama is coming back or the republicans had come back there is the c.d.s. mistrust between our two countries is very unfortunate because you know i have lived in america and the american people are very good very nice people but there is no mistrust between the two governments and that's fine he said thank you very much for your time this was a stance former ambassador to the u.s. and the former national security advisor to the pakistani prime minister mr mahmud ali durrani. do we speak your language of the will or not a day of. school music programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little tonnage of angles couldn't stories. you hear. that troy all teach spanish find out more visit. more news today violence has once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant co
do you see pakistan's relations developing with the united states in the next year now that barack obama is known that is staying in the president's speech i don't think it would make a dramatic difference to the relationship if barbara obama is coming back or the republicans had come back there is the c.d.s. mistrust between our two countries is very unfortunate because you know i have lived in america and the american people are very good very nice people but there is no mistrust between the...
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obama will oversea the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014. that's a number of challenges in the region. >> reporter: afghanistan and pakistan are affected by the fights. about 100,000 american troops were stationed in afghanistan. the number has fallen toess than 7000 d furtr reductions are planned. others worry the withdrawal could plunge the country back into unstable world. dialogue between the united states and taliban were suspended earlier this year. during the election campaign obama distanced himself from the issue to avoid being branded weak on terrorism. with the election behind him the president may become more flexible. here in pakistan relations with washington are expected to remain tense. the two sides differ over how to handle elements of al qaeda and other militants hiding in remote areas of pakistan near the afghanistan border. the obama administration has said they're not doing enough to comfort terrorists operationing on pakistani soil. the u.s. have stepped up terror attacks using unmanned drownes. the attacks have aggrav
obama will oversea the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014. that's a number of challenges in the region. >> reporter: afghanistan and pakistan are affected by the fights. about 100,000 american troops were stationed in afghanistan. the number has fallen toess than 7000 d furtr reductions are planned. others worry the withdrawal could plunge the country back into unstable world. dialogue between the united states and taliban were suspended earlier this...
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he became a speech writer, worked on capital hill, went to work for obama eventually. long story short, was the person in the white house drafting the statement for the the president and was supposed to say what to do if they failed, and there was seriously bad possibilities in launching this mission that had to be worked through and thought about in advance. they thought that was an interesting story line for him, and then, of course, michael's story is interesting being president bush's briefer on 9/11 to rising to the ranks, becoming the chief analyst at the cry later in bush's term was responsible for delivering the decision that hussein was harboring weapons of mass destruction. he regards that and understands one of the biggest intelligence failures in america's history and takes ready responsibility for it telling you it haunts him to this day, and it hanted him -- haunted him as he took responsibility for assessing the intelligence over whether the target was bin laden. there's likely hoods all over the map. cia analysts tell him we're 95% sure that that person
he became a speech writer, worked on capital hill, went to work for obama eventually. long story short, was the person in the white house drafting the statement for the the president and was supposed to say what to do if they failed, and there was seriously bad possibilities in launching this mission that had to be worked through and thought about in advance. they thought that was an interesting story line for him, and then, of course, michael's story is interesting being president bush's...
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obama is coming back or the republicans had come back there is the c.d.s. mistrust between our two countries is very unfortunate because you know i have lived in america and the american people are very good very nice people but there is no mistrust between the two governments and that's fine he said thank you very much for your time this was a stance former ambassador to the u.s. and the former national security advisor to the pakistani prime minister mr mahmud ali durrani. resistance is not of politics but a culture. is couldn't. on it's own. cultures of resistance on our team. download the official ati application to self choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from atsushi t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time if i didn't.
obama is coming back or the republicans had come back there is the c.d.s. mistrust between our two countries is very unfortunate because you know i have lived in america and the american people are very good very nice people but there is no mistrust between the two governments and that's fine he said thank you very much for your time this was a stance former ambassador to the u.s. and the former national security advisor to the pakistani prime minister mr mahmud ali durrani. resistance is not...
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polls to elect a new president of the united states and this year we choose between president barack obama and mitt romney plus a lot of third party candidates who well they just can't get any respect this election days usually come with a lot of flag waving a lot of patriotism a lot of those i voted stickers and we should be proud of our election that we invented this whole idea of peaceful transitions the government and we continue it still there should be flag where you waving and there's plenty of it if you look around today but there's also reality now this is the scene in new jersey where americans are casting votes in hurricane shelters surrounded by cots some are even voting in military trucks since their precincts were destroyed it's been one week since hurricane sandy hit sinking american cities like a seaside heights and a growing number of us are wondering if these storms will be more frequent on a hotter planet and also at polling places around the nation new election observers are on site monitoring voters and poll workers to watch out for any alleged voter suppression for th
polls to elect a new president of the united states and this year we choose between president barack obama and mitt romney plus a lot of third party candidates who well they just can't get any respect this election days usually come with a lot of flag waving a lot of patriotism a lot of those i voted stickers and we should be proud of our election that we invented this whole idea of peaceful transitions the government and we continue it still there should be flag where you waving and there's...
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president obama accepted the resignation of the retired four- star general. he praised his outstanding service. michael, how much of a shock was this? >> it was pretty much a surprise, the general, as far as i know, was very well-thought of at the agency. certainly a defender of the agency and several weeks ago, he made it very clear after the attack that no one at the agency prevented assistance going to the man going under attack. it was the white house -- >> the resignation comes just ahead of hearing about been gauzy. >> it is a very peculiar thing, he was scheduled to testify under oath next thursday, with other people from the intelligence community about exactly why no assistance was sent to those people, even though we watched and listened to the attack for seven hours. >> how pivotal of figure was he? >> i think he was an important figure not only in the administration but for the country and our allies. he and his predecessor are not willing to say the obama administration is lying about the lack of danger from militant islam. killing osama bin lade
president obama accepted the resignation of the retired four- star general. he praised his outstanding service. michael, how much of a shock was this? >> it was pretty much a surprise, the general, as far as i know, was very well-thought of at the agency. certainly a defender of the agency and several weeks ago, he made it very clear after the attack that no one at the agency prevented assistance going to the man going under attack. it was the white house -- >> the resignation comes...
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obama is coming back on the republicans had come back there is the c.d.s. mistrust between our two countries is very unfortunate because you know i've lived in america and the american people don't very good very nice people but there is no mistrust between the two governments and that's fine he said thank you very much for your time this was a stance former ambassador to the u.s. and the former national security advisor to the pakistani prime minister mr mahmud ali durrani. download the official. cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device seen any time. you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then. you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew. welcome to the big picture. more news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are today . cuckoo. fail. if. the book.
obama is coming back on the republicans had come back there is the c.d.s. mistrust between our two countries is very unfortunate because you know i've lived in america and the american people don't very good very nice people but there is no mistrust between the two governments and that's fine he said thank you very much for your time this was a stance former ambassador to the u.s. and the former national security advisor to the pakistani prime minister mr mahmud ali durrani. download the...
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president obama came in and saw that as problematic. he you saw that he wasn't doing a good job and he wanted to distance himself and mike it clear this was going to be a more normal relationship with afghanistan. he's done that. and it came at the out set of the obama administration with some trouble. it caused a real rift to open up between the administrations and i would say that now you've got on the a place where it's a reasonably workable relationship but i wouldn't expect there is a lot of love loss between those two. they see each other as partners they have to deal with but don't have a high estimate of each other. he routinely cast gates the united states for it's military operations, for civilian casualties and a variety of other things that the obama white house doesn't take well to those criticisms and the white house has criticized him for his effectiveness and corruption and so on and that doesn't go well. so it's not a great relationship but there have been periods when it was worse during the past four years. host: let'
president obama came in and saw that as problematic. he you saw that he wasn't doing a good job and he wanted to distance himself and mike it clear this was going to be a more normal relationship with afghanistan. he's done that. and it came at the out set of the obama administration with some trouble. it caused a real rift to open up between the administrations and i would say that now you've got on the a place where it's a reasonably workable relationship but i wouldn't expect there is a lot...
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history barack obama was reelected this week as u.s. president being his republican rival mitt romney and though many picked obama over romney because of his softer talk on foreign policy he doesn't quite walk the walk as artie's got it she can now reports. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly out of touch with middle class america we are on american family and we rise or fall together as one nation out of the fiscal cliff thing for him right after reelection is the so-called fiscal cliff a combination of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts all we need is action from the house. and i've got the pen ready to sign the bill right away. but averting the fiscal cliff is probably not the first issue addressed by the president. he also rise the drone strike targeting a group of al qaeda militants in yemen
history barack obama was reelected this week as u.s. president being his republican rival mitt romney and though many picked obama over romney because of his softer talk on foreign policy he doesn't quite walk the walk as artie's got it she can now reports. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his...
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question something i've been asking myself for four years when i think a lot of people were hoping obama would be the peace president that he talked about . i think a lot of people turned out to be more concerned about partisan politics didn't want to criticize a democrat didn't want to criticize the first black president and a lot of people were hit by the financial crisis and turned their attention inwards so there were a number of different factors but you're right this strong anti-war movement we have been building up under the bush years dissipated when obama came in and we just heard about this disposition matrix i mean pretty much a global drone killing machine that's being expanded in so many countries media do you think that it's because they aren't ground wars anymore and are just totally off people's radar now that this whole drone program is place and i think there's another factor that's important because even when we had troops in iraq in afghanistan they were still only less than one percent of the population that was involved in some way or had loved ones fighting but at
question something i've been asking myself for four years when i think a lot of people were hoping obama would be the peace president that he talked about . i think a lot of people turned out to be more concerned about partisan politics didn't want to criticize a democrat didn't want to criticize the first black president and a lot of people were hit by the financial crisis and turned their attention inwards so there were a number of different factors but you're right this strong anti-war...
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president obama may have want to second term but what policies will change well he reach out to muslim american communities or will he left them live in the shadows we'll have some answers ahead. well everyone it's friday november ninth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for his hour and you're watching our team. we begin with a surprise move this evening in washington cia director david petraeus resigned this afternoon over an extramarital affair in a statement petraeus says he went to the white house yesterday afternoon and submitted his resignation citing personal reasons the president accepted the forestalled star general has led wars in iraq and afghanistan before transitioning last year into his role as the head of the shia ira under his leadership the cia drone program has flourished increasing both the number and location of drone strikes despite significant evidence that these strikes injure and kill civilians targeted drone killings occurring outside war zones in places like yemen and pakistan also violate the human right to life as codified in the international covenan
president obama may have want to second term but what policies will change well he reach out to muslim american communities or will he left them live in the shadows we'll have some answers ahead. well everyone it's friday november ninth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for his hour and you're watching our team. we begin with a surprise move this evening in washington cia director david petraeus resigned this afternoon over an extramarital affair in a statement petraeus says he went to...
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we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> boehner said obama obama must reduce spending and overhaul entitlement programs. republicans then would be willing to back programs aimed at raising federal revenues. >>> pakistan remains one of the biggest foreign policy headaches for re-elected president obama. his second term will oversee the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops from afghanistan, scheduled to be complete by the end of 2014. nhk world's hideki yui outlines the challenges those two countries pose for obama's next term. >> reporter: afghanistan and pakistan are two nations affected by the u.s. fight against terrorism. both expect the obama administration to shift its focus during a second term to rebuilding the economy back home. at the height of the u.s. deployment, about 100,000 american troops were stationed in afghanistan. the number has fallen to less than 70,000, and further reductions are planned. many in afghanistan welcome that trend, but others voice concern that it could throw the unstable country back into civil war. dialogue between the united s
we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> boehner said obama obama must reduce spending and overhaul entitlement programs. republicans then would be willing to back programs aimed at raising federal revenues. >>> pakistan remains one of the biggest foreign policy headaches for re-elected president obama. his second term will oversee the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops from afghanistan, scheduled to be complete by the end of 2014. nhk world's hideki yui...
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over the past two years since the 33,000 surge troops were ordered by president obama and arrived in afghanistan, we have continued to put pressure on the taliban-led insurgency and made real progress and i believe building an afghanistan that can secure and defend itself against that threat. earlier this month, there was an in-depth assessment of the insurgency following the conclusion of the surg. by nearly every indication the insurgency has been weakened. the violence decreased in 2011 and 2012. the insurgency has been pushed out of population centers and strategic areas. security dramatically improved this year in most of afghanistan's largest municipalities with a drop in kabul and 62% in kandahar. casualties have been reduced, declining by 30% this year. these signs of progress are real. and so are the challenges that remain. this is an insurgency that is resilient and they will do everything they can to project strength to afghan community. the taliban claims responsibility with the inside terrorist attacks and have launched high-profile attacks and assassinations and will co
over the past two years since the 33,000 surge troops were ordered by president obama and arrived in afghanistan, we have continued to put pressure on the taliban-led insurgency and made real progress and i believe building an afghanistan that can secure and defend itself against that threat. earlier this month, there was an in-depth assessment of the insurgency following the conclusion of the surg. by nearly every indication the insurgency has been weakened. the violence decreased in 2011 and...
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while barack obama and his supporters at home and abroad us celebrating his return to the white house the reaction in one middle eastern country is less enthusiastic israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had openly backed obama's rival mitt romney during the election campaign and always on the president a shot message of congratulations it seems that the history of strange relations with obama could now backfire as artie's policia reports. from this. to this. it was never a secret movie israeli prime minister wanted in the white house for the often a public spat between his government and the obama administration of a palestinian peace talks and iran's nuclear program did nothing to advance american israeli relations and only one mosque the two leaders personal dislike for each other we are the journey a partner in this relationship both men want to succeed they need to cooperate in order to succeed and i think it's not it's not a museum on the real challenge for an attorney to fix the relationship but he has some fixing to do relations between the two countries are at an all time
while barack obama and his supporters at home and abroad us celebrating his return to the white house the reaction in one middle eastern country is less enthusiastic israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had openly backed obama's rival mitt romney during the election campaign and always on the president a shot message of congratulations it seems that the history of strange relations with obama could now backfire as artie's policia reports. from this. to this. it was never a secret movie...
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and i think president obama has proven once and for all that elected officials can take a strong stance in favor of lgbt fairness and not fear backlash from the voters. i'm not talking about his marriage equality, which is historic, his agencies put through dozens and dozens of changes things like hospital visitation, no discrimination in housing, and despite these wonderful advance there is was no backlash. the republicans didn't use this as a wedge issue. they didn't run ads on it. they didn't bring it up at the debate. there was silence. it means that we as gay americans, we're wedge no more. >> eliot: expanding rights for gays and lesbians, and now it's the ballot box where the public by majority vote say we're believe in this conception of civil rights. it's a fundamental and very historic wonderful thing to see. there is this gaping hole in federal law. explain why it is still there and what we wanted to do about it. >> congress for many years have been dragging its feet on a very simple bill to bandies crime ban ban discriminating for being gay. we expect real progress now that p
and i think president obama has proven once and for all that elected officials can take a strong stance in favor of lgbt fairness and not fear backlash from the voters. i'm not talking about his marriage equality, which is historic, his agencies put through dozens and dozens of changes things like hospital visitation, no discrimination in housing, and despite these wonderful advance there is was no backlash. the republicans didn't use this as a wedge issue. they didn't run ads on it. they...
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latest news on the week's top stories barack obama's top foreign policy option kicks in quickly after talks secured his control of the white house for another four years. urged by western powers to step down and facing death threats from the rebels the syrian president exclusively tells our team that he'll stay until he's about it out. and new developments out of israel which has fired its first warning shots into syria after a mortar shell hit the north this after it killed six palestinians in retaliation for attacks from gaza. and after some of the most intense austerity clashes in months greece and braces for more protests as it decides on a direct tony and twenty thirteen budget. old world headlines and the best stories making the news this week you're watching the weekly on our t.v. with me to see cough and of republicans in the u.s. are licking their wounds after voters put democrat barack obama back in the nation's top job it was a close race that ultimately ended in a clear win over hard liner mitt romney but obama's soft campaign talk on foreign policy soon transformed into t
latest news on the week's top stories barack obama's top foreign policy option kicks in quickly after talks secured his control of the white house for another four years. urged by western powers to step down and facing death threats from the rebels the syrian president exclusively tells our team that he'll stay until he's about it out. and new developments out of israel which has fired its first warning shots into syria after a mortar shell hit the north this after it killed six palestinians in...
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his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too.
his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind...
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where the story takes place president obama almost daily gets the target some within a crosshairs of the cia and obama or director petraeus have to make a decision about whether to shoot at the target or take them out. have had to make critical decisions of hundreds of thousands of lives throughout the history of the country but it seems to be a new development on individual targets around the world. and it defines the nature of the war that we're fighting 26 greenwood take up arms is now quite literally doing that and has to make good decision each day whether to pull the trigger or not. to show the abolition of his thinking he makes the calls. if you go back to 9/11 obama was interviewed of his reaction shortly after it happened and it was more like calling for the global where fifth day shoulder campaign. he's got the best they should spend more money to address the underlying roots of islamist extremists of and he did mention it would be worthwhile to dismantle the terrorist organizations that had arranged the attack. the vast majority of american people were not thinking of dism
where the story takes place president obama almost daily gets the target some within a crosshairs of the cia and obama or director petraeus have to make a decision about whether to shoot at the target or take them out. have had to make critical decisions of hundreds of thousands of lives throughout the history of the country but it seems to be a new development on individual targets around the world. and it defines the nature of the war that we're fighting 26 greenwood take up arms is now quite...
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wait out the patient it's a petition and get a construction up and stop people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan. parents versus social workers docu nabby b.m. labs dot com and me me that damn good men and children have become prizes to fight for why does the long threaten families of the social fabric to see in the form of a her right of the old woman email me for a favor they have any crime or for suspicion about the world more fuel for your children are often a just better at bringing up kids than their own mom and dad. even from what we have an industry that is so. concentrated on the other foot true it's true. this is our team for millions in the u.k. the cold winter may be more biting than ever soaring energy prices look set to drag people into what's been hailed as feel poverty where the only way to stay warm is an extra blanket is r.t. if you're a smith with the story in four. it's a bitter winter's day in london and inside this plot it's not much warmer single mot
wait out the patient it's a petition and get a construction up and stop people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan. parents versus social workers docu nabby b.m. labs dot com and me me that damn good men and children have become prizes to fight for why does the long threaten families of the social fabric to see in the form of a her right of the old woman email me for a favor they...
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me and obama agree on iran. romney seems to want to slap more sanctions on iran and that's been though that's been obama's signature the way he has dealt with with iran is continuing to slap these things on the country that are now crippling the country. yeah it's romney says he's going to be more strict on un sanctions but it's how much more they seem to already know much more crippling really be and i love you for like you know obama romney was attacking iran whereas obama won't go that i mean all we know is that they both kind of you know are putting a really hard line against iran we both know that you know they are trying to compete with netanyahu and who could be more favorable to israel so i don't really see i don't put anything out of the possibility for obama so interesting regarding iran too because it's seems like people like to play this up as the biggest bully man. facing us right now with the biggest threat right now is iran has been that way for and it was reiterated by one of the moderate yeah re
me and obama agree on iran. romney seems to want to slap more sanctions on iran and that's been though that's been obama's signature the way he has dealt with with iran is continuing to slap these things on the country that are now crippling the country. yeah it's romney says he's going to be more strict on un sanctions but it's how much more they seem to already know much more crippling really be and i love you for like you know obama romney was attacking iran whereas obama won't go that i...
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and this was what we feel -- fell victim to with the obama administration. and they're is a kind of, you know, a chilling effect on netanyahu as well because you look around. if you do a deal, he doesn't even control gaza. how long is he going to be there? and what are you going to be facing? so each side has a reason not to take risks, but in my mind, believe they're not, that is not even the most important limitation. the most important limitation today is that there is complete disbelief on the part of the public. i'm using the word does believe very consciously. there is a complete disbelief on the part of the public. neither public believes that the other is committed to a two state outcome. israelis the to palestinians and believe the palestinians are still committed to a phased approach to doing away with israel or if they say two states them in a palestinian state and by national state. and palestinians like the israelis and say, there will never surrender control. if they really believe in two states, why are they building? so both of them have a st
and this was what we feel -- fell victim to with the obama administration. and they're is a kind of, you know, a chilling effect on netanyahu as well because you look around. if you do a deal, he doesn't even control gaza. how long is he going to be there? and what are you going to be facing? so each side has a reason not to take risks, but in my mind, believe they're not, that is not even the most important limitation. the most important limitation today is that there is complete disbelief on...
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that's right track money money money the fact obama broke a billion dollars but the two thousand and eight campaign and this year is no different for either candidate but has it ever occurred to you that it doesn't really matter if you vote for president obama or governor romney because essentially you'll be getting the same deal with both of them were change your mind to know that the same lobbyists and special interest groups are funny both of them the problem is that the media packaging of these people is such that works specter to believe without question that these superficial differences between the two are actually substantive but it's all a propaganda scheme designed to do nothing more than a blind you into conformity and trick you into ignoring your right. eight to vote your conscience in the debates is just the biggest charade of all isn't it their one massively overhyped puppet show and the puppet masters of the corporate c.e.o. is funding these candidates to maintain control by lining the pockets of our politicians they keep their corporate policies in place and their bot
that's right track money money money the fact obama broke a billion dollars but the two thousand and eight campaign and this year is no different for either candidate but has it ever occurred to you that it doesn't really matter if you vote for president obama or governor romney because essentially you'll be getting the same deal with both of them were change your mind to know that the same lobbyists and special interest groups are funny both of them the problem is that the media packaging of...
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well no i really had enough after a lot of hopes were pinned in obama and i think i mean i'm voting for jill stein and i have been openly supporting the green party candidate and i have always felt that our system is so rigged to that we need to put these third party candidates into the debates we need to get their issues out there we need to have a much broader spectrum of debates than we have with the democrats or republicans and i think this election season is really hit that home when we don't even have a discussion of something like the drone issue during the whole campaign season and if it weren't for hurricane sandy coming out a week before the election we had no talk about climate. we sold here very little of about climate change and i want to play you something that peter joseph just told me the founder of those like i said about about these elections. very little changes occurred really when it comes to the election of any single individual or they can go on actions of the congress or whatever parliament institution what have you and this just a cool element is lost unfortunat
well no i really had enough after a lot of hopes were pinned in obama and i think i mean i'm voting for jill stein and i have been openly supporting the green party candidate and i have always felt that our system is so rigged to that we need to put these third party candidates into the debates we need to get their issues out there we need to have a much broader spectrum of debates than we have with the democrats or republicans and i think this election season is really hit that home when we...
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with the highest number of strikes we have engaged in a and anybody in this audience knows president obama six times more drone strikes in the first term than george will you bush and his two terms in office. now the numbers of the strikes are up 40% in 2011 they have about 25% in that point in 2012 and i think this is a very good thing. you know, mainly because we shouldn't employee at all the time. he had the most important army chief of staff general chianti and he said why have you done 300 strikes it doesn't add to the i think that is a good point and if you look at the vision of the strikes and the the date of how many were civilian we at the new foundation think that the civilian is now very low in the single digits but certainly there is a civilian casualty problem in pakistan that we enjoy the favorability rating down from about 20% and they are part of that story of the cost of the successful drone program is 180 million that's a pretty high cost so because of the work of the people like ambassador munter was then pushed back against the cia saying this could be more discriminato
with the highest number of strikes we have engaged in a and anybody in this audience knows president obama six times more drone strikes in the first term than george will you bush and his two terms in office. now the numbers of the strikes are up 40% in 2011 they have about 25% in that point in 2012 and i think this is a very good thing. you know, mainly because we shouldn't employee at all the time. he had the most important army chief of staff general chianti and he said why have you done 300...
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over the past two years since the 33,000 search troops were ordered by president obama and arrived in afghanistan, we have to put pressure on the taliban-led insurgency and dealt them a heavy blow and made real progress and i believe building an afghanistan that can, in fact, secure and defend itself against that threat. earlier this month, isaf conducted an in-depth assessment of the insurgency following the end of the fighting season and the conclusion of the surge. by nearly every indication, the insurgency has been significantly weakened. violence levels, which increased for five years, decreased in 2011 and 2012. the insurgency has been pushed out of population centers in strategic areas. security dramatically imflovd year in most of afghanistan's largest municipality, with attacks dropping 22% in kabul and 62% in kandahar. isaf coalition cacials have -- casualties have also reduced, declining 30% this year. these signs of progress are real and so are the challenges that remain. this is an insurgency that is resilient and they will do everything they can to project an appearance
over the past two years since the 33,000 search troops were ordered by president obama and arrived in afghanistan, we have to put pressure on the taliban-led insurgency and dealt them a heavy blow and made real progress and i believe building an afghanistan that can, in fact, secure and defend itself against that threat. earlier this month, isaf conducted an in-depth assessment of the insurgency following the end of the fighting season and the conclusion of the surge. by nearly every...
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that's barack obama's plan! (laughter) the weird part is, it never used to be romney's. >> announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. the taliban may not have watches but they do have calendars. >> jon: calendars? i meant colanders. they have colanders. (laughter) and did i say withdrawal date was wrong? i meant right! (laughter) how about iraq? >> governor romney, was the war in iraq a good idea worth the cost in blood and treasure we have spent? >> it was the right decision to go into iraq. i supported it at the time; i support it now. >> jon: but do you support it -- (laughter). now? >> we don't want another iraq. we don't want another afghanistan. that's not the right course for us. >> well, i guess that's not a flip-flop so much as a principled recognition because of the iraq war's current unpopularity. (laughter) you know what? iraq and afghanistan those are yesterday's wars. it's tomorrow's war that counts and if there's anything governor romney has been vociferous about lo these past 18 months it is h
that's barack obama's plan! (laughter) the weird part is, it never used to be romney's. >> announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. the taliban may not have watches but they do have calendars. >> jon: calendars? i meant colanders. they have colanders. (laughter) and did i say withdrawal date was wrong? i meant right! (laughter) how about iraq? >> governor romney, was the war in iraq a good idea worth the cost in blood and treasure we have spent? >> it was the right...
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guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive victory. and all of those stories we were reflecting on before hand, that this would take months to figure out, this will go to the house of representatives, president obama won the electoral vote. pretty solid. he won the popular vote, which is decisive. he won eight out of nine of the battleground states that we were told they were so close, they could have gone to mitt romney. host: where the polls wrong? what is going on? -- were the polls wrong? what is going on? guest: every night on the news, what led the news. -- what led the news? the latest gallup poll. they have not been right since they were wrong in 1946. i must say, nate got it right on the blog. host: good morning. caller: i noticed throughout the campaigning that republican politicians have like complete contempt for the republican voter. mitt romney went to ohio and told a horrible, embarrassing lie. that tells me that they feel the republican voter is someone to be led by the nose, who
guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive victory. and all of those stories we were reflecting on before hand, that this would take months to figure out, this will go to the house of representatives, president obama won the electoral vote. pretty solid. he won the popular vote, which is decisive. he won eight out of nine of the battleground states that we were told they were so close, they could have gone to mitt...
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obama is now committed to withdrawing in 2014. that is generally a good thing, but did we need the true escalation, how well did it work, should we do more? all of that cannot be addressed unless we have a national debate on the policy. am sure general petraeus' issues and other security issues were there, but that is really not the issue here. >> it is interesting. all of this takes place as roger bales is being questioned for the murder of 16 afghans. he is now at fort lewis-mcchord in washington state. >> that is another issue. i am from a military family. i really mind that the events in afghanistan are on stage. we know almost no media reporting on afghanistan. our guys are out there fighting, and if they get killed, it is on page 17. it is not right for a country to be at war unless it is committed to the war. it is not right to have any public discussion of the mistakes that were made, the kind of command structures that were there. obviously, there are a lot of troops who never been through a lot of rotations. some of them
obama is now committed to withdrawing in 2014. that is generally a good thing, but did we need the true escalation, how well did it work, should we do more? all of that cannot be addressed unless we have a national debate on the policy. am sure general petraeus' issues and other security issues were there, but that is really not the issue here. >> it is interesting. all of this takes place as roger bales is being questioned for the murder of 16 afghans. he is now at fort lewis-mcchord in...
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cuts and tax increases that are going to happen when the ball drops on new year's eve unless president obama and congress come to some sort of compromise. >> stephen: all right so, we're all doomed. >> it's like the movie thaw you have to either cut off your arm or die. so they will come-- they will cut off their arm. >> stephen: do you know, do you know what kind of ratings the news could get if they could get politicians to cut off their arms on camera? okay. -- (cheers and applause) >> stephen: as i said senior white house correspondent for abc news. the only news anybody watches any more. >> i think that's true. >> stephen: and you have got eye new book here called the outpost, an untold story of american valor. this is about the war in afghanistan. >> it's about one combat outpost in afghanistan, 14 miles from the pakistan border, built at the bottom of three very steep mountains, built in 2006. and overrun in 2009 by the taliban. >> stephen: let's put a picture of this space right here. >> that's it. >> stephen: the space is at the bottom not up here where this guy is standing safely.
cuts and tax increases that are going to happen when the ball drops on new year's eve unless president obama and congress come to some sort of compromise. >> stephen: all right so, we're all doomed. >> it's like the movie thaw you have to either cut off your arm or die. so they will come-- they will cut off their arm. >> stephen: do you know, do you know what kind of ratings the news could get if they could get politicians to cut off their arms on camera? okay. -- (cheers and...
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this is not a new strategy for president obama. this is the latest in a long line of efforts on the part of the obama white house to organize americans, to bring a grassroots campaign style efforts to bear on a policy debate. this not the first time the obama administration has done this. in fact, this isn't even a new thing for president's broadly speaking. president obama did not invent this strategy of trying to get his way on policy. remember george w. bush after he was reelected. george w. bush took off an a tour of the country at the start of his second term. what president bush was barn storming the country with to call americans to action about was his idea we should privatize social security. >> i like going around the country. i am going to keep telling people we've got a problem until it sinks in. >> it did not sink in and we did not turn social security over to wall street the way president bush suggested. that is less a caution for the current president, that president's broadly speaking shouldn't try to involve their
this is not a new strategy for president obama. this is the latest in a long line of efforts on the part of the obama white house to organize americans, to bring a grassroots campaign style efforts to bear on a policy debate. this not the first time the obama administration has done this. in fact, this isn't even a new thing for president's broadly speaking. president obama did not invent this strategy of trying to get his way on policy. remember george w. bush after he was reelected. george w....
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we won this election because of barack obama. people volunteered and supported the president because of his message, because of the campaign he built. and because they were making big choice about where they wanted the country to go. from the first day, he offered me this job, he said to me this has to be about the grass roots. we are going to run a campaign about the grass roots. that is how we got the numbers that of a bunch of people spend spent 18 months telling me we could not to. we give more people a chance to get involved, do very well in early voting and on election day. results show that we build the kind of campaign that made people want to volunteer and made people want to support the president. >> you started early on registering voters. how important was that? >> huge. we learn from the shellacking we took in 2010 a valuable lesson. to many democrats thought they could put obama's picture on a piece of literature. it does not work like that. we have to run a sustained operation to have an ongoing conversation about
we won this election because of barack obama. people volunteered and supported the president because of his message, because of the campaign he built. and because they were making big choice about where they wanted the country to go. from the first day, he offered me this job, he said to me this has to be about the grass roots. we are going to run a campaign about the grass roots. that is how we got the numbers that of a bunch of people spend spent 18 months telling me we could not to. we give...
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late today president obama accepted the resignation of the director of central intelligence, david petraeus. petraeus acknowledged having an extramarital affair. we have learned that for the last few months the f.b.i. has been investigating the communications of petraeus. law enforcement sources tell bob orr there was concern about e-mails that the c.i.a. director was exchanging with a woman who is a journalist. additional sources tell us those communications involved paula broadwell, seen here with petraeus on a department plane. broadwell, 39 years old, published a book last year on petraeus' time as the general in charge in afghanistan. broadwell is a harvard university research associate and she spent time in afghanistan with petraeus. she is a west point graduate, as is petraeus. we have tried to reach broadwell today but we have not heard back. before this sudden development, it would have been hard to find edyone in washington admired as much as david petraeus. wae former general led the war in iraq and the war in sfghanistan. he is a scholar known for his calm, steady advice to pres
late today president obama accepted the resignation of the director of central intelligence, david petraeus. petraeus acknowledged having an extramarital affair. we have learned that for the last few months the f.b.i. has been investigating the communications of petraeus. law enforcement sources tell bob orr there was concern about e-mails that the c.i.a. director was exchanging with a woman who is a journalist. additional sources tell us those communications involved paula broadwell, seen here...
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in cambodia obama will attend the east asia summit. one of the top items will be territorial disputes over islands in the south china sea involving china, philippines, vietnam among other country. the u.s. administration said last year it should shift its diplomatic and security focus to the asia pacific region. obama will be keen to reassure leaders his position remains unchanged. >>> the united states has launched a protest with iran after several iranian warplanes attacked a u.s. military drone. the pentagon says the attack occurred last thursday in international aerospace over the persian gulf. >> unarmed, unmanned mq 1 military aircraft conducting routine surveillance over the arabian gulf was intercepted by iran january craft and was fired upon with guns. >> little says the iranian jets fired at least twice at the drone but failed to hit it. the u.s. believes the pilots intended to shoot the aircraft down. he says the u.s. uses the drones in accordance with international rules and they will continue to conduct such flights. the o
in cambodia obama will attend the east asia summit. one of the top items will be territorial disputes over islands in the south china sea involving china, philippines, vietnam among other country. the u.s. administration said last year it should shift its diplomatic and security focus to the asia pacific region. obama will be keen to reassure leaders his position remains unchanged. >>> the united states has launched a protest with iran after several iranian warplanes attacked a u.s....